Tennessee Radio Personality Bashes Mike Vrabel Overcoming ‘Biggest Issue’

The Tennessee Titans went 3-14 the season after firing head coach Mike Vrabel.

After earning the first overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Titans are 1-11 and five games away from securing a second straight top selection.

Long story short, the decision hasn’t delivered the results Tennessee had hoped for.

But for Tennessee radio personality Jared Stillman, Vrabel owes his success to owner Robert Kraft’s decision to take the offensive coaching staff hiring out of Vrabel’s hands.

“What I can’t get over is how Mike Vrabel has been able to, in New England, overcome his single biggest issue as head coach of the Tennessee Titans… his coaching staff,” Stillman said.

“He couldn’t hire Shane Bowen to be the defensive coordinator because he was the New York Giants’ defensive coordinator. He couldn’t hire Todd Downing or Tim Kelly to be the offensive coordinator because Robert Kraft insisted on Josh McDaniels coaching the quarterback.”

Stillman has made headlines throughout this season as he continues to bash the Titans’ former head coach. He has called Vrabel an “overrated coach” and dubbed the New England vs. Tennessee matchup earlier this season a “Vrabel Special,” predicting a Titans upset win in a game they would go on to lose by 18.

Stillman then played the hits by diminishing Vrabel’s success to the coaching staff and referencing New England’s hotly debated strength of schedule.

“(The coaching staff) coupled with the fact that the Patriots have a very easy schedule,” Stillman said. “Drake Maye’s talent — which was there before Mike Vrabel got there — and Robert Kraft spending money in free agency is why they’re 11-2!”